... 2016 14 04 2016 © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2016 Emerald Group Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only User studies Public libraries Health education Ethnic minorities Health literacy Information needs and uses American public libraries have a long history...

..., enabling practitioners to provide improved patient care. Evaluation Librarians Health care Evidence-based practice Health education Information literacy Care professionals need the best information to meet their patient care or research needs. A high level of health information literacy...

... literacy. Originality/value This paper provides an overview and introduction to the special issue on health literacy. Theresa S. Arndt can be contacted at: arndtt@dickinson.edu © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2016 Emerald Group Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Health...

.... Research on using health literacy to empower patients and increase patient satisfaction can demonstrate how to lower institutional costs and improve guideline compliance, as well out health outcomes. Originality/value Librarians’ instructional skills create personal health educational content...

... A. Barrett can be contacted at: fbarrett@uic.edu © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2009 Health education Adults Elderly people Internet Bibliographies There are an abundance of articles in the literature that help consumers find health information on the internet. Many...

... of years spent in researching a particular segment of cancer research. The organization of this guide is based on the work of Shedivy (1997). Cancer Bibliographies Health education Patient care Internet Worldwide web There are thousands of web sites about cancer and cancer‐related...

... course for the curriculum. Lessons learned fall into the categories of communication, technology, and resources. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2004 Distance learning Health education Academic libraries Worldwide web Information services Higher education We incorporated audio...